Teleconsultation by using the mobile camera phone for remote management of the extremity wound: A pilot study

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 584-587

  Tsai, Hui Hong ^a   Pong, Ya Ping ^a   Liang, Chi Cheng ^b   Lin, Pao Yuan ^b   Hsieh, Ching Hua ^b  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Camera phone; Extremity wound; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NECROSIS; ONLINE MONITORING; PILOT STUDY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM INJURIES; CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; EVALUATION STUDIES; EXTREMITIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAIWAN; TELEMEDICINE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 9444261898     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000130703.45332.3c     Document Type: Article

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